From: Evaluation of patients with acute leukemia admitted to an intensive care unit
Characteristics | Leukemia | Control | P |
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Age (years) | 48 ± 18 | 56 ± 19 | < 0.05 |
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score | 22.7 ± 6.4 | 16.2 ± 8.6 | < 0.01 |
Septic shock (%) | 34.1 | 31.4 | NS |
Time until shock (days) | 1.4 ± 3.2 | 0.8 ± 4.4 | NS |
Swan–Ganz (%) | 45.5 | 20.1 | < 0.05 |
Time of mechanical ventilation (days) | 6.1 ± 8.3 | 6.9 ± 16.7 | NS |
Admission time before the ICU | 11 ± 11.4 | 10 ± 18.9 | NS |
ICU length of stay | 7.7 ± 9.7 | 10.4 ± 17.4 | NS |
Hospital length of stay | 23.9 ± 20.1 | 30.7 ± 37.3 | < 0.05 |
Survival in the ICU (%) | 18 | 56 | < 0.01 |
Survival in the hospital (%) | 18 | 47 | < 0.01 |